William Bradford Shockley, American engineer and teacher, cowinner (with John Bardeen and Walter H. Brattain) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1956 for their development of the transistor, a device that largely replaced the bulkier and less-efficient vacuum tube and ushered in the age of microminiature electronics. – Encyclopaedia Britannica William Bradford Shockley Quiz…
Category: Nobel Prize Winners
Gustav Stresemann Quiz
1. When did Gustav Stresemann get Nobel Prize for Peace?
a) 1926
b) 1937
c) 1935
d) 1938
2. When was Gustav Stresemann born?
a) 9 March 1871
b) 10 May 1878
c) 14 September1876
d) 26 December 1873
3. Where was Gustav Stresemann born?
a) Frankfurt
b) Munich
c) Hamburg
d) Berlin
Nobel Prize 2014 Quiz
Nobel Prize 2014 Quiz Questions with Answers
1) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine?
a) Jules Bordet
b) John O’Keefe, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser
c) Swedish doctors
d) Robert Edwards
2) For what was Nobel Prize 2014 for Medicine given?
a) Discovery of inner GPS in the brain
b) Tuberculosis research
c) Performing 10 womb transplants
d) Work on immunity
3) Who won Nobel Prize 2014 for Physics?
a) ISRO scientists
b) Andre Geim, Konstantin Novoselov
c) Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura
d) CERN
Sigrid Undset Quiz
When was Sigrid Undset’s first novel Fru Marte Oulie published?
a) 1915
b) 1911
c) 1905
d) 1907
When was Sigrid Undset received into Roman Catholic Church?
a) 1924
b) 1922
c) 1918
d) 1916
For what did Sigrid Undset win Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) Poetic oeuvre of great luminosity
b) Rich and intensive prose
c) Powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages
d) Works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth
Maurice Wilkins Quiz
Maurice Wilkins Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When did Maurice Wilkins get Nobel Prize for Medicine?
a) 1957
b) 1949
c) 1962
d) 1976
2. When was Maurice Wilkins born?
a) 3 January 1912
b) 24 June 1916
c) 17 September 1921
d) 15 December 1916
3. Where was Maurice Wilkins born?
a) Dunedin
b) Pongaroa
c) Hamilton
d) Christchurch
Lawrence Bragg Quiz
Lawrence Bragg Quiz Questions Click here for answers 1. When did Lawrence Bragg win Nobel Prize for Physics? a) 1918 b) 1915 c) 1905 d) 1910 2. When was Lawrence Bragg born? a) 31 March 1890 b) 4 April 1889 c) 12 September 1891 d) 18 December 1896 3. Where was Lawrence Bragg born? a)…
Nobel Prize 2018 Quiz
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Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn Quiz
1. When did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn win Nobel Prize for Physics?
a) 1923
b) 1925
c) 1924
d) 1927
2. When was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born?
a) 3 December 1886
b) 7 June 1882
c) 10 September 1890
d) 22 February 1888
3. Where was Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn born?
a) Karlstad
b) Orbero
c) Falun
d) Mora
4. From which university did Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn get doctorate?
a) Kiruna
b) Oslo
c) Lund
d) Berlin
List of “The Nobel Prize in Chemistry” Winners
2022 – Carolyn R. Bertozzi
2022 – Morten P. Meldal
2022 – Karl Barry Sharpless
2021 – Benjamin List
2021 – David MacMillan
2020 – Emmanuelle Charpentier
2020 – Jennifer Doudna
2019 – John B. Goodenough
2019 – M. Stanley Whittingham
2019 – Akira Yoshino
2018 – Frances H. Arnold
2018 – George P. Smith
2018 – Greg Winter
2017 – Jacques Dubochet
2017 – Joachim Frank
2017 – Richard Henderson
2016 – Jean-Pierre Sauvage
2016 – Fraser Stoddart
2016 – Ben Feringa
Gabriela Mistral Quiz
Gabriela Mistral Quiz Questions and Answers
1. When did Gabriela Mistral win Nobel Prize for Literature?
a) 1945
b) 1941
c) 1935
d) 1968
2. What was Gabriela Mistral’s original name?
a) Mary Ann Evans
b) Amandine Dudevant
c) Lucila Godoy Alcayaga
d) Josephine O’Brien
3. When was Gabriela Mistral born?
a) 16 March 1879
b) 7 April 1889
c) 12 July 1884
d) 30 December 1890